Stencil



June 26, 1928. 1,674,680

J. c. BUTTNER STENCIL Filed July 15, 1927 Patented June 26, 1928.

PATENT. OFFICE.

7 JOHN C. IBUTTNER, OF IOIVLONA, CALIFORNIA.

STENCIL.

Application filed July 15,

This invention aims to provide a novel stencil whereby lacquer, paints, and other pigments may be applied, by spraying or otherwise, the construction being such that the stencils may be stacked up in small compass when not in use.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains. I

7 With the above and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construct-ion hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from-the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawings Figure 1 shows in elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a body 1,-in the form of a thin plate, made of any desired material. There are openings 2 in the body 1, the openings forming designs of any sort, which, in the present embodiment of the invention,'are the letters of the alphabet. Certain designs, such as the letter P. shown at 3, or the letter R, shown at 4, have enlarged portions 5 in I which disk-like formers 6 must be located.

Carrier rods 7 are provided, the ends of 1927. Serial No. 206,052.

secured to the body 1. Each carrier rod 7 has an inner member 9, in the form of a loop, mounted to turn in a bearing 10, on the former 6. The carrier rod 7 is formed into outer loops 11, disposed on, opposite sides of the inner loop 9, and bridging the open: ings 5, about the periphery of the formers 6.

The carrier rod 7 is extended away from the body 1, as shownat 11, so that lacquer,

paint, or any other pigment, may be applied,

preferably by spraying, through the openings 5, about the formers 6, and under the carrier rod i'or the formers- A means, it

will be observed, is provided for connecting the carrier rod 7 pivot-ally to the former 6 and to the body 1, so that the carrier may be folded into parallelism withthe body 1 when the stencil is not'in use: this enables one stencil to be piled up on top of another,

many stencils being stowed in-a small space,

a secure mounting for the formers 6 being provided and the construction being such that the carrier rods 7 will not be torn loose when'the stencils are stacked up one on top of another. I

What is claimed is A stencil comprising a body provided with the'carrier may be folded into parallelism with the body when the stencil is not in use. In testimony thatI claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature.

J OHN, C. BUTTN ER. 

